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M 3.3md

Earthquake near Aguada, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguada in the 24 hours to 3:25 pm AST (19:25 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 7 km (5 mi) ENE, at 12:03 am AST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aguada

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded in Aguada, PR, at 7:55 am AST on 29 May 2024 (11:55 UTC), 8.4 km deep.

USGS: 1 km WNW of Aguada, Puerto Rico

21 km (13 mi) NNW of Mayagüez, PR · 120 km (75 mi) W of San Juan, PR

7:55 am AST, May 29, 2024 · · 8.4 km deep · released about 1.3 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Aguada Municipio 2 kmRincón Municipio 7 kmAguadilla Municipio 12 kmMoca Municipio 13 kmAñasco Municipio 13 kmIsabela Municipio 23 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 25 kmHormigueros Municipio 29 kmLas Marías Municipio 29 km
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When
7:55 am AST on 29 May 2024 ()
Where
in Aguada, PR · earthquakes near Aguada
Magnitude
M 3.3 (md)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Aguada Municipio, 2 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 827 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 51 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Aguada in town, intensity III · Aguadilla 7 km, intensity III · Rincón 7 km, intensity III · Rafael Hernandez 16 km, intensity III · Mayagüez 21 km, intensity II · Isabela 23 km, intensity II · San Sebastián 23 km, intensity II · Quebradillas 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.7× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 35 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 32 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 32 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 7 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 19 km N of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 28 km N of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 18.3827, -67.2002. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Aguada Municipio, PR 2 km (1 mi) ESE earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 7 km (4 mi) SW earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Aguadilla Municipio, PR 12 km (8 mi) NNE earthquakes near Aguadilla Municipio
Moca Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Moca Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 13 km (8 mi) SE earthquakes near Añasco Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 23 km (14 mi) ENE earthquakes near Isabela Municipio

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.8 8 km SSW of Lares, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.4 5 km ESE of Lajas, Puerto Rico
  3. 3.0 12 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.2 8 km NNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.2 6 km N of San Germán, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.4 2 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.3 2 km S of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.6 25 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  9. 2.9 21 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  10. 3.1 4 km SSE of La Playa, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.3 6 km W of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  12. 3.0 27 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.8 24 km WNW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.9 15 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.6 2 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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